Maine Democrats have challenged both independent presidential petitions submitted early.  They say the Kennedy petition has the wrong address for Kennedy’s residence, and that Kennedy submitted too many signatures.  They say the Cornel West petitioners sometimes misrepresented the contents of the petition.  See this story.  The Secretary of State will adjudicate the challenge on Wednesday, August 14.

The qualified parties in Maine are Democratic, Republican, Green, and Libertarian.  No Labels was qualified earlier this year but asked to be decertified.

The Ohio deadline for independent presidential candidates, and the nominees of unqualified parties, passed on August 7.  Six presidential petitions were submitted:  for the nominees of the Green, Socialism & Liberation, American Solidarity, and Dr. Shiva Parties; and for independent presidential candidates Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and Richard Duncan.

The three qualified parties are Republican, Democratic, and Libertarian.

On August 9, two Iowa Republican Party officials challenged the ballot status of Marco Battaglia, the Libertarian Party nominee for U.S. House for the Third District.  The Iowa Libertarian Party is ballot-qualified.  Iowa qualified parties may nominate either by primary, or if no one won the primary, by party meeting.  The objectors say the Libertarians held precinct caucuses and a state meeting, but didn’t hold a county meeting.  See this story.